Unlike many, I'm not sorrowful about the end of Bob Edwards as host of NPR's "Morning Edition". Since CSPAN acquired the old WDCU frequency, I've been listening to "Washington Journal" (and turning to ME as an alternative).
Since last summer I've realized that it was getting harder to hear Edwards. His voice seemed to dropped into a deep rumbling bass, that was often unintelligible. When I complained to a friend who also listened to the show, he suggested that all you needed to do was turn up the volume. Well you can't do that all the time. Besides, I didn't want to be constantly adjusting the volume.
So when I toured NPR last summer and happened to be led through an area where ME folks worked, and was introduced to someone who worked as a producer or assistant producer for Morning Edition, I suggested with a smile, that Edwards needed a shot of estrogen (something to lift the register of his voice). I was told to beware of making such comments in that area.
Hey, we're all aging. I've nothing against Edwards' personality or style. I think he was fine, in that regard. I just found that it was getting hard to hear him, his voice had changed.
Posted by raacluse at May 7, 2004 05:51 PMHello
Posted by: Ming Ho at November 7, 2004 08:47 PM